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£Trillion – Give it all back
All of my earlier ideas for how older people could use the accumulated wealth in all their assets, have been directed at raising the profile of older people in society. At the moment they are too often forgotten or … Continue reading
£Trillion Dogs
I’ve already come up with several ideas of how the £Trillion locked up in older peoples’ assets could be better used to more fully appreciate and integrate older people into society. So here’s a big idea from Coco🐶 What about … Continue reading
£Trillion Zimmers
This post follows on from my initial idea of what older people could do collectively with their £4.7 trillions of savings currently locked in their houses. I’ve put forward several ideas already but this one reflects the stereo typical view … Continue reading
Film Watching Exercise
Research certainly gets into some unusual areas these days and reaches some interesting conclusions ! Scientists at University College London did some research recently into how films can increase you heart rate. That must have been a very … Continue reading
£Trillion Young Helpers
With older people’s new found wealth, the most obvious thing to do is to offer them a little help whenever they need it. So how about a scheme to employ young people to help older people to forge greater … Continue reading
£Trillion Ideas
Here’s the first idea for spending our new found wealth and having fun, by showing how important older people are in society. As a result of our politicians being so ineffective in the last ten years, older people … Continue reading
£Trillion Mattress
The elderly are literally sleeping on a pile of money !!!!!! As I said in my post last week it is estimated to be trillions of pounds. But, there is a problem, how do you get your … Continue reading
£ 4.7 TRILLION !
That’s an eye-catching, mind-boggling number. I read it in The Times just a few days ago, so it must be true. It is the amount of wealth owned by older people in the UK. £ 4, 700, ooo, ooo, … Continue reading
NEW YEAR REVOLUTION
The Last Laugh Looney Party has decided to continue with holding Prime Minister Bodj to account throughout 2020 to make sure he keeps his promises. Otherwise there could be a French style revolution, complete with chopping off politicians heads 🤡 … Continue reading
Pangolin Dangling
When they are not eating ants And there is not much to do, Pangolins are just like me and you. They have no thumbs to twiddle. They can’t think up a riddle like “Hey diddle diddle”. So Pangolins just … Continue reading